BUI Would
_ e 'Horn'
The Governor »Ad Council eI
State would be authorised <• allot
I reduced ia the SIM* Until fn
day bjr Senator Todd Gentry, of
Ask*, who wntwaU thi» district
Under the Um of the legula
lion Um fundi would be payable
. whea evidence t* mbmitted to Um
Governor and Council at Stata,
ahowing that because of Inclement
weather or other circumataacea
beyond control of the
Southern Appalachian Historical
Association, the pageant was oper.
a tod at a laaa.
The full text of Senator Gentry'*
bill follows:
"A bill to be entitled an act to
authorize the Governor and Council
of State to allot from the contingency
and emergency fund the
Bum of not to exceed tea thouaaad
dollars ($10,000) annually to the
Southern Appalachian Historical
Association under certain conditiona.
*
J "the Gtwril Assembly of North
Carolina do enact: ®
■SrrtHUi 1. The Ojvrrnor a ad.
Council of State, |n Mo event Stale
aa ia reasonably nncssaary for the
continued production of the peg
MM known at "Horn I* the Wool,"
art authorized and empowered to
allot a sum not to ascoed tea thousand
dollar* ($10,000) annually
from the Coattaceacy and Emergency
Fund to the Southern Appalachian
Historical Association to
aid la the continued production of
askl pafcunt Such lUotntnt, however,
ia to he made ouly upon eridtnee
submitted to the Governor
and Council ot State by the Aasociation
that during the Immediate
preceding aeaaon of production becauae
of Inclement weather or
other circuautancea beyond the
control of the Association the pageant
waa operated at a deficit
"Sac. 2. All lawa and cl*uaoe*of
lawi la conflict with thli Act are
hereby repealed..
"Sec. 3. Hill Act aha 11 be ia fuU
force and effect from and after
its ratification."
Lees-McRae Grad Wins
Morehead Scholarship
Banner Elk (LMC) New. Service—"From
early boyhood, 1
have wanted to be a teacher",
Claude "Dick" William Weaver,
Jr., recent winner of the Morebead
Scholarabip to study at the
University of North Carolina,
claimed when he wai interviewed
at the atone cottage beneath the
hill where he and his family have
lived while he 1* • student at
Lees McRae College.
"Now with the aaaiatance of the
More bead," Dick declares. "I Intend
to prepare myself to be •
college teacher of history with a
minor In applied sociology."
"I atn looking forward to studying
at the University of North
Carolina because both the history
and sociology departments have
superior ratines with the National
Accreditation Agencies," Mr. Weaver
said.
Shirley, his wife, and their 14
months daughter, Vickie Lee, expect
to be with him during his
period of sftldy at the University
of North Carolina.
Dick Is a very active student ot
Lee* McRae College where he will
receive his Associates in Arts Degree
May 27. He is a member of
the Phi Theta Kappa, Demostheneans.
Green and Cold Masquers,
and was picked as the Best All
Around senior superlative, and is
president of the student body.
He is twenty-six years of age,
and a veteran of the Korean war,
he holds the Purple Heart, the
Silver Star, and the rank of staff
sergeant in the United Slates
Marine Corps. Dick graduated
from Rankin High in Greensboro
where he played football, baseball,
waa in the Beta Club, and the
Dramatics Club.
Weaver Is the fifth graduate of
Lett McKm Collet* to receive the
Morebead. Ronnie Current of Wlnston-Salem
end High Point won
the ftnt one In IBM; Sam Turnipteed
of Mount Airy and William
Hayes of Charlotte In 1097; CharIm
Daverport of Avery County In
1967.
PIR8T or IS TO-WKD
Plttifleld, Me.—Eunice Marie
Brooks, 19, the oldest daughter in
what was the nation's biggest allgirl
family, was recently married
to Dennis L. Huff, also 19, of Hartland.
Eunice haa twelve sisters
and one brother. The arrival of
Leslie Benjamin Brooks, now 2H
years old, ended the all-girl family.